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Marketing

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The management task that links the business to the customer by identifying and meeting the needs of customers profitably - it does this by getting the right product at the right price to the right place at the right time

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Consumer markets

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Markets for goods and services bought by the final user of them

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Industrial markets

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Markets for goods and services bought by businesses to be used in the production process of other products

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Marketing objectives

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The goals set for the marketing department to help the business achieve its overall objectives

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Market strategy

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Long-term plan established for achieving marketing objectives

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Market orientation

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An outward-looking approach basing product decisions on consumer demand, as established by market research

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Product orientation

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An inward-looking approach that focuses on making products that can be made - or have been made for a long time - and then trying to sell them

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Asset-led marketing

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An approach to marketing that bases strategy on the firm’s existing strengths and assets instead of purely on what the consumer wants

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Societal marketing

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This approach considers not only the demands of consumers but also the effects on all members of the public (society) involved in some way when firms meet these demands

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Demand

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The quantity of a product that consumers are willing able to buy at a given price in a time period

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Supply

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The quantity of a product that firms are prepared to supply at a given price in a time period

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Equilibrium price

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The market price that equates supply and demand for a product

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Market size

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The total level of sales of all producers within a market

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Market growth

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The percentage change in the total size of a market (volume or value) over a given period of time

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Direct competitor

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businesses that provide the same or
very similar goods or services.

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Unique selling point (USP)

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The special feature of a product that differentiates it from competitors’ products

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Product differentiation

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Making a product distinctive so that it stands out from competitors’ products in consumers’ perception

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Niche marketing

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Identifying and exploiting a small segment of a larger market by developing products to suit it

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Mass marketing

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Selling the same products to the whole market with no attempt to target groups within it

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Market segmentation

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Identifying different segments within a market and targeting different products or services to them

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Market segment

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A sub-group of a whole market in which consumers have similar characteristics

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Consumer profile

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A quantified picture of consumers of a firm’s products, showing proportions of age groups, income levels, location, gender and social class

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Market research

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This is the process of collecting, recording and analyzing data about the customers, competitors, and the market

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Primary research

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The collection of first-hand data that is directly related to a firm’s needs

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Secondary research
Collection of data from second-hand sources
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Qualitative research
Research into the in-depth motivations behind consumer buying behavior or opinions
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Quantitative research
Research that leads to numerical results that can be statistically analyzed
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Focus groups
A group of people who are asked about their attitude towards a product, service, advertisement, or new style of packaging
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Sample
The group of people taking part in a market research survey selected to be representative of the overall target market
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Random sampling
Every member of the target population has an equal chance of being selected
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Systematic sampling
Every nth item in the target population is selected
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Stratified sampling
This draws an example from a specified sub-group or segment of the population and uses random sampling to select an appropriate number from each stratum
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Quota sampling
When the population has been stratified and the interview selects an appropriate number of respondents from each stratum
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Cluster sampling
Using one or a number of specific groups to draw samples from and not selecting the whole population
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Open questions
Questions that invite a wide-ranging or imaginative response - the results will be difficult to collate and present numerically
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Closed questions
Questions to which a limited number of pre-set answers is offered
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Arithmetic mean
Calculated by totaling all the results and dividing by the number of results
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Mode
The value that occurs most frequently in a set of data
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Median
The value of the middle item when data have been ordered or ranked. It divides the data into 2 equal parts
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Range
The difference between the highest and lowest value
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Inter-quartile range
The range of the middle 50% of the data
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Marketing mix
The four key decisions that must be taken in the effective marketing product of a product
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Customer relationship management
Using marketing activities to establish successful customer relationships so that existing customer loyalty can be maintained
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Brand
An identifying symbol, name, image, trade ark that distinguishes a product from its competitors
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Product
The end result of the production process sold on the market to satisfy a customer need
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Consumer durable
Manufactured product that can be re-used and is expected to have a reasonably long life
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Intangible attributes of a product:
subjective opinions of customers about a product that cannot be measured or compared easily.
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Tangible attributes of a product
measurable features of a product that can be easily compared with other products.
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Product positioning
The consumer perception of a product or service as compared to its competitors
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Product portfolio analysis
analyzing the range of existing products of a business to help allocate resources effectively between them.
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Product life cycle
the pattern of sales recorded by a product from launch to withdrawal from the market and is one of the main forms of product portfolio analysis.
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Extension strategies
Marketing plans to extend the maturity stage of the product before a brand new one is needed
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Price elasticity of demand.
Measures the responsiveness of demand following a change of price
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Mark-up pricing
Adding a fixed mark-up for profit to the unit price of a product
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Target pricing
Setting a price that will give a required rate of return at a certain level of output/sales
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Full-cost pricing
Setting a price by calculating a unit cost for the product (allocated fixed and variable costs) and then adding a fixed profit margin
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Contribution cost pricing
Setting prices based on the variable costs of making a product in order to make a contribution towards fixed costs and profit
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Competition based pricing
A firm will base its price upon the price set by its competitors
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Dynamic pricing
offering goods at a price that changes according to the level of demand and the customer’s ability to pay.
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Penetration pricing
Setting a relatively low price often supported by strong promotion in order to achieve a high volume of sales
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Market skimming
Setting a high price for a new product when a firm has a unique or highly differentiated product with low price elasticity of demand
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Promotion
The use of advertising, sales promotion, personal selling, direct mail, trade fairs, sponsorship and public relations to inform consumers and persuade them to buy
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Promotion mix
The combination of promotional techniques that a firm uses to sell a product
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Above-the-line promotion
A form of promotion that is undertaken by a business by paying for communication with consumers. One type is advertising.
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Advertising
Paid-for communication with consumers to inform and persuade
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Below-the-line promotion
Promotion that is not a directly paid-for means of communication, but based on short-term incentives to purchase. Sales promotion is one type.
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Sales promotion
Incentives such as special offers or special deals directed at consumers or retailers to achieve short-term sales increases and repeat purchases by consumers
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Personal Selling
A member of the sales staff communicates with one consumer with the aims of selling the product and establishing a long-term relationship between company and consumer
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Sponsorship
payment by a company to the organisers of an event or team/individuals so that the company name becomes associated with the event/team/individual.
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Public Relations
the deliberate use of free publicity provided by newspapers, TV and other media to communicate with and achieve understanding by the public.
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Branding
The strategy of differentiating products from those of competitors by creating an identifiable image and clear expectations about the product
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Marketing/promotion budget
The financial amount made available by a business for spending on marketing/promotion during a certain time period
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Channel of distribution
The chain of intermediaries a product passes through from producer to final consumer
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Internet marketing
The marketing of products over the Internet
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Viral marketing
The use of social networking sites or SMS text messages to increase brand awareness or sell products
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E-commerce
the buying and selling of goods and services by businesses and consumers through an electronic medium.
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Integrated marketing mix
The key marketing decisions complement each other and work together to give customers a consistent message about the product

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